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GDS Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
GDS Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 79.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.25x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 52% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.91x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 58.0% — normal range
Effective IV 104.8% (ATM 58.0% + spread 23.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 32.76% (spread 23.39% + slippage 9.37%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.68 (vega 8.617 / spread 23.39%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -6% (neutral) — Raw: +6%
|OI skew| 26.6% — call-heavy
Vol skew +46.0%, OI skew +26.6% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -50%, ATM: +50%, OTM: +2% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 33% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.0x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.1% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +2.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 4% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 39% — patient
Conviction -6 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 23.4% — wide
OI 175,276 — deep
Volume 100/day — thin
$1.17 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 71% — wider than sector
Depth 164.6 contracts (bid:99.6 ask:65.0) — adequate
Avg slippage 9.37% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -9.3% — contango
IV percentile 79% — seller opportunity
IV kink -2.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 535.21 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: FOMC in 5d; CPI in 0d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -6% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
Directional Strategy Fit
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.
The Options Desk tracks the move options price into every US earnings report the week of Sep 7, next to how much each stock has actually moved on its past prints — plus the SPY, QQQ and IWM expected ranges and the gamma walls that box them in.